Bee Gees1st also included the group's first hit single in the US "New York Mining Disaster 1941." The album peaked at #7 on the US chart. The album cover was designed by Klaus Voorman who was noted for designing the Beatles' Revolver cover.
The overall style of the record was psychedelic pop. "To Love Somebody" was included on the Bee Gees first internationally released studio album titled Bee Gees' 1st. Among those are Nina Simone's late 1960s version that went to #5 on the UK pop singles chart and a Michael Bolton recording that went to #11 in the US in 1992. Since then, the song has become a contemporary pop standard with recordings by more than 100 other artists. The Bee Gees released their own single version of "To Love Somebody" and it went to #17, becoming their second pop hit single in the US. The Bee Gees' manager Robert Stigwood reportedly asked the group for a Sam and Dave style soul song to give to Otis Redding to record and the result was "To Love Somebody." Unfortunately, Otis Redding died before he could record the song. The British boy band Take That recorded a version of "How Deep Is Your Love" in 1996, and it went to #1 on the UK pop singles chart. Barry Gibb has stated that this is his favorite of all of the Bee Gees' songs. It also hit #3 on the UK pop singles chart and reached the top 10 in many different countries around the world. "How Deep Is Your Love?" won a Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals.
The song became the first of six consecutive #1 hit singles in the US for the group and set a record for the longest time spent in the top 10-17 weeks. The Bee Gees recorded "How Deep Is Your Love?" for the soundtrack to Saturday Night Fever and released their own music video for the track. "How Deep Is Your Love" was one of five songs forwarded to him, even though the group originally intended to give the song to Yvonne Elliman to record. The Bee Gees were working on the follow up to their 1976 album Children Of the World when their manager and film producer Robert Stigwood called asking for songs for an upcoming movie.
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